Fare-recording mechanism



Oct. 30,1923. 1,472,690

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ATTORNEY Patented ct. 30, 1923.

UNITED. STATES CHAMED. sirrivivnn, oF NEW'K'ENSINGTON, PENNsYrivANIaFARE-RECORDING MECHANIsM.

Application filed August 7, 1922. Serial No. 580,215.

To all whom t mag/'concerne' y Y Be it known that I, `CHAME D. SKINNER,a' citizen of ,the United States, residing at New Kensington, in thecounty of Westmoreland and `State of Pennsylvania, have inventedcertain'new and useful Improvements in Fare-Recording Mechanism, of'

which the following` is a `speciiication.-

My invention consistsof an improvement in railroad fare mechanism, andisparticularly designed to provide means for registering or recordingthe fare of each passenger, providing a visible indicator `and check,with means preventing unauthorized access to collectedor depositedtickets, etc.` The device in certain preferred forms is shown in theaccompanying drawings, in which: Y

Fig 1 isa viewy of articket display collecting box, infront elevation; i

Fig. 2 is an end elevation; i f

Fig. 8 is a longitudinal vertical section on the line III- III of F ig.2;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged `cross section of onehalf of the device;` y v uFig. 5 is a detail view showing a clip attachment on the top of the box;i

Fig. 6 is a face view of one form of ticket ttor use with the-invention;

Fig. 7 is a sectional view showing a plurality of seats and collectingmechanism for the several corresponding display boxes;

Fig. 8 is a detail view of a form of collecting and display box, forsuch system;

Fig. 9 is a similar View,y partly broken away, showing the connectionwith a main conduit; and

Fig. 10 is a diagrammatic plan view, show ing the invention as appliedto a passenger car.

Referring to Sheet 1, a main rectangular casing 2 is mounted on top` ofa seat back A and contains a collecting drawer 3. Above the casing 2 isa top 4, hinged at 5 at one end and adapted to be locked by lockV 6 ofthe drawer at the other end. Upon unlocking, the drawer may be drawn outby its end handle 7 or the top may be swung upwardly on its hinge. 4

kThe top l is provided with a series of upwardly extending cavities orchambers a, b, c, and at each side of the longitudinal center arecorresponding series of ticket receiving cavities al. The outside faceof each such cavity is closed by a glass pane 8,

I framed intok the upper casing 9, and inwardly beyond the Vpanes is apartitionylO, at each side of the operating space or cavity a-b-cand ofcenter line m, m, Fig. 4;.

Each ticket receiving space l hasa sepa rately actuated opening andclosing bottom 11 hinged to partition 10 at 12 and provided with a leverv13. Said lever is'connected by link 14:, pivoted'at 15, and at 16toj'operating rod 17 extending vup through the top and provided ,with anoperating button 18. By lifting rod 17, the trap door orbottom 111 islowered to deliver the ticket e into the drawer 3, the door then beingclosed by thrusting the rod downwardly. Any suitable ticket may be used,but -I preferably usek one like that of Fig. 6, divided on theperforated or dotted 'line y, y.

-In use, the `conductor will take up the ticket from the passenger,-remove the right hand coupon f, and give it back to him, as a receipt.The left hand portion, bearing the destination, is then droppedthroughthe f slot 19 of top 9, into the cavity? d, resting'on .the trapdoor 11,belowthe" top :9, v

and thus in visible position inside the par# ticular cavity d; TheticketV will remain in such'position until the passenger has reached hisdestination, when it may be dropped by the conductor into drawer 3, thedevice then being ready for another operation.

If desired, a clip 20 may be attached to the top of each cavity d, fortemporarily holding the coupon f in convenient position.

The device, as above explained, is for separate use, and may, of course,be provided with one, two, or three ticket cavities d at each side ofits longitudinal center, for use and observation from either side,depending on the arrangement of the seat backs A for travel in eitherdirection.

I have. shown on Sheet 2 means for col-- lecting the contents of aseries of collecting boxes, one series at each side of the aisle g ofcar G, and comprising a box for each seat. The boxes themselves are ofthe same general construction just described, but, instead of a drawer3, the lower casing is formed as a common conduit 21 leading downwardlyinto a vertical chute 22. Such chute is located in convenient positionat the end of each seat, for use with the seat back in either position,and each chute leads VVby which the several tickets may be delivered to.p a terminal Areceiving receptacleV '24 V,having a lock-controlleddoorordrawer 25. *A conveyor belt 26 mounted onterminal vides for carrying fall of the tickets to- Wards one end and delivering them into thereceptacle 24, for collection.`

It provides for Avery accurate registry of each fare taken, 'ensures thepositivefus'e of each ticket, and gives a visible record of eachVtransactionl whether by 'use 'of tickets boughtV from -a ticketv officeor rom the conductor. In the llatter case,

each cash ,i'are passenger should be urnished Wit-h .a ticket:` orcoupon by the conductor, for ,use in the sainermanner as d escribed,sothat there is finally collected in the-several drawers-or collectingreceptacles all fof theA tickets or other evidence `of the business o acompletev run.

Where three-cavity units are provided, the'capacity of each `double,seat and one aisle or standing passenger is capable of being recorded,so that the maximum capacity of a car may be always counted. The deviceavoids the necessity of remembering the several Vindividual passengersof a car,.(thus greatly relieving and 'simplifying the work oftheconductor, and at the same time ensuring against carrying `any pas-Senger beyond 'his destination, or permitting any dispute as to `paymentof fare.

The advantages of the improvement will' be appreciated bythe travelingpublic and 1. A double Sided visibieitiekef receiver lhaving outermostoppositely located ticket The operation of the invention willV bereadily understood lfrom the lforegoing description.

upon or adjacent to the back of a seat, prof vided with a plurality ofindividual slotted cavities, a common lower lock-controlledl receptacle,and a hinged lever-actuated door at the bottom of each cavity..

3. In combination Ywith a series of individual ticket receiving boxes ofthe class described, a common conveyor conduit adapted to receive ythe.contents of Aeach box, and 'means for collecting .tlre contents ofseveral boxes at one terminal of the conveyor. f Y Y 4. In combinationwith aserie's of individual ticket receiving boxes of theclassdescribed, a common conveyor conduit,V a chute leading `from 'each boxlinto said conduit, a conveyor j belt in the conduit, and

vmeans for actuating it, and Aa lock-controlled L l CHAME n.sKnvNER.A

